Donald and Upstar..Thank you!! So far #7 has been my highest in the game...but equally I
think I hit 6,000 a few times...Donald..For short interest I use Shortsqueeze.com, for
earnings I like Breifing.com and EarningsWhisper.com

congrats, Nymph, on making the leader board...the closest I've gotten is about #105, & I
think that was on a Monday.......but, I'm having a lot of fun with it

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Nymph, Congratulations. Where do you research short interest on a stock? Where do you
find out when earnings will be announced? It sounds like you do your homework.

HEY I CLOSED OUT THE WEEK ON THE LEADERBOARD...It looks like I am #33...yeah. I just got
back from Traders Expo in LA...it is sooooo good. Donald, I buy after the earnings are
released...in the morning after the first gap up I buy on the pullback if the volume is
there and I LIKE the earnings...esp if there is a large short interest and previous
downgrades..I have all my research already done so I am ready to act...then I let it run
until I get stopped out...or it runs out of gas...this works better in the small and mid
cap stocks.

martinbakner, I'd rather be lucky than good. I agree with either 100% long or 100% short
in a single industry. (By the way I don't actually invest that way - I've never had the
guts to short and I try to diversify). I'm fairly good at fundamental, long-term
investing but I'm trying to learn technical analysis and how to read charts. The last
four years I've done very well, but this has been a trying year for me. My best stock was
Fiserv, FISV, but I was LUCKY that I worked there for 27 years. I've really enjoyed this
"Beat the Street" portfolio contest because I can play different roles (a shorting Darth
Vader) for fun. I'm still trying to find my inner shark.

that was funny thursday...we had 63 people tied for 3rd place...all long the same airline
picks. if the rally coulda lasted one more day, they woulda all been winners.....$80 each

marol: Did you log in first? That enables the 'clicks'... but only during the week... no
good when the week ends.

Trading Nymph: Thank you so much for answering my questions! However, when I click on
the Leaderboard names (that's the right way, I assume?) nothing happens. . . .

Donald Gardner: I had a lot of good luck one week. End of May... I went long on retail,
and got a lot of help from DAKT CWTR DLTR WTSLA and MW. Didn't finish the week strong
enough, though... but it was nice while it lasted.

I had really studied that weekend... and everything pointed to a good week for retail...
then just went with my gut.

Haven't been anywhere near as good since.

I do know this: a mix of longs and shorts is a bad idea. Do one or the other. Gotta
commit to either the bulls or bears... but not worth it to mix the pair.